Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders were thrilled when its market value moved above that of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and then the…
ThinkstockWhen any industry grows at a breathtaking speed, there are always big winners and big losers. Motorola and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) once dominated handset sales, now that world belongs to Samsung…
thinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a $2 billion pile of cash in Luxembourg to help fund its operations. (Reuters) HSBC Holding PLC (NYSE: HBC) may have to pay a $1.6 billion fine…
U.S. equity markets opened essentially flat again this morning as investors waited to see what would happen with the many data releases due out today. In Europe, the non-manufacturing PMI numbers were…
Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are trading higher this morning on news that it has signed a deal with China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL). Should the stock really be up? Will…
The Federal Reserve will begin a new round of bond buying in hopes of stimulating the economy. (Reuters) China shares reached a quarter-long high as government policy initiatives buoy investors. (Reuters) Nokia…
U.S. equity markets opened essentially flat this morning on a day when not much new data was released. In Europe, unemployment data from Spain was awful, but not as bad as many…
China’s PMI steps up in November. (Reuters) Greece begins to buy back some of its high-yield bonds. (Reuters) Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) may buy Virgin Atlantic. (Reuters) Martin Marietta Materials…
According to October data published today by comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), the mobile handset market share leader continues to be Samsung Electronics, followed by LG Electronics, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Motorola, now…
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and in some of the low-priced high-volume stocks saw some significant changes. We compared…
thinkstockA new deal to aid Greece may lead eventually to the forgiveness of some of its debt. (Reuters) The Obama administration decides not to name China as a currency manipulator. (Reuters) Nokia…
ThinkstockThe iOS operating system from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reclaimed the lead in the U.S. smartphone sales race, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. In the 12 weeks ending…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after taking a day off to celebrate Thanksgiving. Reasonably good news out of Europe this morning on several fronts. First, PMI numbers were above expectations…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning following another week with more than 400,000 new claims for jobless benefits (more coverage here) and weak news from Japan on exports. In Asia,…
courtesy of BlackberryShares of Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) topped $10 briefly today, the first time the stock has been at such a lofty perch since late June. The occasion was…
